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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347233 | Table saw jig for cutting box joints A jig for cutting box joints on a table saw, including guide bar clamps adapted to be joined to guide bars of a table saw; a spacer joined to the guide bar clamps; a spacer strip joined to the spacer, the spacer strip defining spacer apertures; a board clamp joined ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 6908266 | Apparatus for forming a microlens array mold An apparatus for making microlens molds and microlens array molds is described which utilizes a forming element having a rotating half radius diamond cutting member. A substrate is alignably arranged with the diamond cutting member so that the cutting member can mil... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6846137 | Apparatus for forming a microlens mold An apparatus for making microlens molds and microlens array molds is described which utilizes a forming element having a rotating half radius diamond cutting member. A substrate is alignably arranged with the diamond cutting member so that the cutting member can mil... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6491481 | Method of making a precision microlens mold and a microlens mold A method for making microlens molds and microlens array molds is described which utilizes a spinning half radius diamond cutting member operated in a plunge cut in a technique similar to milling to cut the optical surface into a diamond turnable material.... | 12/10/2002 |
| 5882157 | Belt refurbishing apparatus Apparatus and method for refurbishing damaged belting. The apparatus includes a frame with a conveyor system. A mechanism is attached to the frame for removing a desired amount of the belting surface as the belting moves relative to the frame on the conve... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5725340 | Tip dresser In order to prevent an electrode tip 8 from being burred during dressing process, thereby attaining high quality and stability of the electrode tip, a tip dresser features a screw-threaded circumference 5 formed around the rotatable cutter holder 1 for se... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5709511 | Curved machining jig A curved machining jig for machining a curved workpiece having an arcuate shaped centerline, the curved machining jig comprising a table having a rotatably mounted column extending perpendicular from the table, the column rotating on a first axis perpendi... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5695305 | Feed device for machine tools, in particular for finishing screwdriver bits The invention relates to a feed device for machine tools with chuck arranged at the free end of a spindle, to which chuck the workpiece is fed axially through the inside of the spindle from the rear by means of compressed air from a compressed air nozzle ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5634250 | Hobbing accessory for vertical milling machine A hobbing accessory is disclosed for a vertical milling machine of a type comprising a column, a knee mounted to the column so as to be vertically positionable with respect to the column, a saddle mounted to the knee so as to be horizontally positionable ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5626447 | Belt refurbishing method and apparatus Apparatus and method for refurbishing damaged belting. The apparatus includes a frame with a conveyor system. A mechanism is attached to the frame for removing a desired amount of the belting surface as the belting moves relative to the frame on the conve... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5415670 | Apparatus for deburring a cartridge inside and outside An apparatus for deburring a cartridge inside and outside comprising a base plate having an upper surface and a lower surface adapted to be positioned on a work surface, an upstanding interior housing secured to the upper surface of the base plate interio... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5207540 | Apparatus for forming diamond-shaped edges on ornamental chains The apparatus is used for forming a diamond shape on ornamental chains (C) of variable width, and comprises a support having a slide guide flange (1A) with an intermediate gap (3) for the space required for the diamond-shaping tool (5), a shoe for lateral... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5025841 | Multi-purpose support table for a router A table includes a support member having a work surface with an opening extending through the support member and the work surface. A first mechanism for mounting a router with the support member is provided. A router bit extends generally vertically throu... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4991274 | Tool holder for burnishing cutter A flexible tool holder for a burnishing cutter has a main body attachable to a rotatable member of an engraving machine, a tool holding element which is axially floatingly movable relative to the main body in an axial direction, and a spring which forces ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4985982 | Process and apparatus for cutting and trimming printed circuit board workpieces This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for cutting and trimming printed circuit board workpieces, particularly printed multilayer circuit board workpieces, which are cut to an exactly predetermined, selectable size at high speed in an operat... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4881585 | Bench type milling cutter A bench type milling cutter includes a bearing block assembly which is a bearing block assembly which is carried by a carrier and which is linearly vertically adjustable relative to the carrier by means of a manual actuator. The carrier, in turn, is mount... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4792248 | Installation tool for coin box drop A milling tool adapted to be mounted upon an existing supporting frame for a coin box for the purpose of enlarging an existing slot or opening in the frame at a predetermined location. The tool includes a mounting element which is temporarily secured to t... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4606684 | Method for machining bodies of revolution with use of rotary tool A method for machining bodies of revolution with the use of a rotary cutting tool, characterized in that the angle of the cutting edge of the tool and the distance between the tool's axis of rotation and the base plane are selected so that the difference ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4538655 | Cutter head system A cutter head system for a woodworking tool in which one or a plurality of discrete cutter segments may be mounted on a shaft of a selected length to form a cutter head for either a jointer, a planer or a molding cutter. Each segment has a plurality of sl... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4270878 | Corrugated drainage tubing and method and apparatus for making drainage tubing with helically arranged drainage openings A thermoplastic corrugated drainage tube comprising annular peaks and valleys and a plurality of drainage openings internally cut about the circumference of each valley, the openings in each valley aligned with the openings in successive valleys along hel... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4263947 | Machine for profiling wood panel to simulate lap siding This machine cuts and profiles large panels, as plywood, hardboard or similar materials, on one side to provide a large panel having a flat back surface and a profiled front surface, said front surface characterized by a plurality of longitudinally extend... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4181164 | Headstock for a panel cutting machine A headstock of a panel cutting machine for cutting panels having a laminate, and particularly wood panels having a plastic laminate comprising, a conveyor for feeding a panel in a feed direction on a feed path, a rotatably mounted panel cutting device dis... | 01/01/1980 |